Removing old long gun registration sticker from receiver ?

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can anyone give me a trick on how to remove an old long gun registration sticker from a blued receiver without causing damage to the rifle.

Since non restricted long gun registry as been abolished, I would like to remove that unsightly sticker from my 9422. ( gun has serial number but for some reason they installed that sticker that just wont go .)
 
Wouldn't it be illegal to remove that ? Because there had to be a reason that they had it installed. Usually installed when a serial number wasn't on the gun.
 
That stickie was issued in lieu of a serial number. Why not call the CFP and get the answer right from the horse's - err - mouth.
But if one were to fall off, or become detached in a hot bluing tank, etc. are replacements available, or has the stickie program been curtailed?
 
tiriaq said:
That stickie was issued in lieu of a serial number. Why not call the CFP and get the answer right from the horse's - err - mouth.
But if one were to fall off, or become detached in a hot bluing tank, etc. are replacements available, or has the stickie program been curtailed?
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Very probable.
 
A little heat and scrap it off with a piece of soft-wood; pine or spruce. Mine all fell off on their own (two Cooeys)
 
Meroh said:
Only if you are in Quebec. Meaningless in the rest of Canada.
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Well wouldn't section 108 (1) of the criminal code apply? Like tiriaq said, The sticker was in lieu of a serial number.

108(1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on the person, (a) alters, defaces or removes a serial number on a firearm; or (b) possesses a firearm knowing that the serial number on it has been altered, defaced or removed.
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Removing a serial number can be an offence.
The stickie may be the legal equivalent of a serial number.
If it is, those members advising removal could be counselling a criminal offence.
Might be an idea to find out exactly what the legal status is.
 
Serial numbers. On this site, in a "sticky", I was told that Swede rifles had the serial number on the barrel - another number is on bottom of receiver, but never the same digits - the serial number of the rifle was the number on the barrel, and is the only number visible without removing the action from the main stock. A USA law (1968?) required a serial number on the receiver, so Husqvarna and others changed to be able to sell into USA. So I was just messing with three older Swedes - pulled and swapped / replaced barrels for various receivers. I do believe I am going to make up a stamping jig and stamp the "correct" serial number onto the receivers, before I get them too mixed up. For example, I installed a NOS barrel, which does not have a serial number, onto a receiver that also does not have a serial number. Gotta correct that, I think.
 
Browning semi auto .22 rifles. Made in Belgium and Japan.
One is numbered on the receiver, the other on the barrel. Swap barrels, you have one rifle with no number, another with two different.
I have a couple of caplock revolvers made by the same maker. One is serialed on the frame, the other on the bottom of the grip. Similarly, swap back straps, one will have no number, the other will have two different ones.
But that isn't the same as altering, removing or defacing a serial number.
 
I only had one firearm for which I was supplied a sticker - Walther GSP target pistol. Serial numbers on the old green slips were from the upper receivers (.22LR, .22S, .32S&WLong). New registration system I got a sticker for the lower receiver. Rather than attach that thing I used number punches and stamped the sticker number on the trigger guard.
 
I had an enfield that was issued 2 stickers, registered twice. And it had a valid easily read serial number on it already.

those dam things would never stick, a little oil and they would just fall off.
 
Firearms Registration Certificate Regulations. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-201/FullText.html

6 (1) If the Registrar determines that a firearm does not bear a serial number sufficient to distinguish it from other firearms in accordance with paragraph 14(a) of the Act, the Registrar shall attach to the registration certificate that is issued a condition that the firearm bear its firearm identification number in accordance with sections 7 to 9, as applicable.

7 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the holder of a registration certificate for a firearm that is subject to a condition under section 6 shall ensure that the firearm identification number is permanently and legibly stamped or engraved on a visible place on the firearm’s frame or receiver within 90 days after the issuance of the certificate.

(2) In the case of a commencement day firearm, the holder shall

(a) ensure that the sticker that bears the firearm identification number is attached to a visible place on the firearm’s frame or receiver within 60 days after the issuance of the certificate; or

(b) ensure that the firearm identification number is permanently and legibly stamped or engraved on a visible place on the firearm’s frame or receiver within 90 days after the issuance of the certificate.

8 The Registrar, on application by the holder of a registration certificate, shall allow the holder to attach a sticker to, or to permanently and legibly stamp or engrave the firearm identification number on, a place on the firearms’s frame or receiver that is not visible without disassembly if

(a) so doing would be consistent with the current practices of the manufacturer of that model of firearm;

(b) the firearm does not provide a visible space suitable to attach a sticker or to stamp or engrave the firearm identification number;

(c) the firearm is rare; or

(d) the firearm is of a value that is unusually high for that type of firearm and that value would be significantly reduced if the sticker or firearm identification number were visible without disassembly.

9 (1) A registration certificate holder referred to in paragraph 7(2)(a) shall ensure that the sticker that bears the firearm identification number remains attached to the firearm in accordance with section 7 and that the number remains legible.

(2) The holder shall advise the Registrar without delay if the sticker bearing the firearm identification number becomes detached from the firearm or is obscured or if the number on the sticker becomes illegible.

(3) When advised under subsection (2), the Registrar shall without delay issue a new sticker bearing the identification number of the firearm and the holder shall ensure that the sticker is attached to the firearm without delay on receipt.
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If the Firearm is NR, and is not subject to a registration certificate, then there is no requirement to keep the sticker.

Section 108 of the code applies to actual serial numbers. Not stickers. The sticker does not contain a serial number, but a Firearms Identification Number, which is the unique identifying number that correlates the firearm with the registration record. Obviously, those records no longer exist, and so the FIN is utterly meaningless and useless. Even in Quebec.
 
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